If You Pay Nine-plus Bucks for a Beer You Can Get This Sweet Phillies Logo Cup

If You Pay Nine-plus Bucks for a Beer You Can Get This Sweet Phillies Logo Cup

I took in the Phillies first On Deck Series game on Friday night and by "took in" I mean "went down to CBP and ate some fried chicken and donuts and tried the new Alley Brewing Co. beer while bullshitting with friends and noticing Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee on the jumbotron shooting hot dogs into the crowd. And then watching two innings of baseball and leaving because it was cold and who cares."

Important things we learned: the new Alley Brewing Co. beer garden does offer a wide variety of brews. I sampled something or other from Goose Island and then also tried the exclusive-to-CBP Alley Brewing Co. Lager. The takeaway: if you pony up for what they're calling a "Super Premium" beer in the $9.25 price range, you at least get this snazzy cup which features many of the Phillies 'P' logos from yesteryear. If you buy a regular old $8 beer? No snazzy logo cup.

The Goose Island was considered "Super Premium" while the exclusive Alley Brewing Co. beer was a full dollar and a quarter cheaper. But you have to drink it out of a boring clear cup with no logos.

We also tested out the new Federal Donuts stand down the third base line near left center. You get two small pieces of chicken and a donut for $9.75. Not outrageous given you're at a ballpark. The chicken was solid. The "spicy garlic" sauce was great. A real spicy kick but not too over the top. Overall the chicken didn't taste quite as great as at the regular locations. Still, this will be a great new option this season.

Matt Rhule's first Baylor hires include 4 Temple assistants

Matt Rhule's first Baylor hires include 4 Temple assistants

WACO, Texas -- New Baylor coach Matt Rhule has made some immediate Texas connections by hiring the president of the state's high school coaches who is a former Bears receiver.

Rhule announced his first five hires with the Bears on Friday, three days after being named Baylor's coach. They include four members from his staff at Temple and David Wetzel, the head coach and athletic director the past 13 seasons at Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio.

Sean Padden will serve as Baylor's director of football operations, similar to his role at Temple the past four years.

Rhule didn't immediately announce the titles and job duties for Wetzel, Francis Brown, Mike Siravo and Evan Cooper. There was also no indication of when the rest of his staff would be completed.

Brown and Siravo were defensive assistants at Temple, and Cooper was director of player personnel for the Owls.

Wetzel, who has coached in the state high school ranks for 25 years, was serving as president of the Texas High School Football Coaches Association. He lettered at Baylor in 1990 and 1991 while playing for Grant Teaff, and also earned a master's degree from the school in 1994. Before Reagan, he was head coach at schools in Killeen and Austin.

Wetzel told the Waco Tribune-Herald that he expects to play a major role in recruiting, but didn't know yet if he'd be coaching offense or defense.

"Given the opportunity, it's really a unique deal," Wetzel told the newspaper. "I feel like it's God's timing for me to be in the right place at the right time."

When Rhule was introduced Wednesday in Waco, he said he had already received about 480 text messages, many from coaches. He also didn't rule out the possibility of some of the current Baylor assistants staying, but said he hadn't had a chance to meet with them. Those assistants were retained from former coach Art Briles' staff with Jim Grobe as acting head coach this season.

NoteBaylor announced Friday that Jalen Pitre, a defensive back from Stafford, Texas, signed a financial aid agreement that will allow him to enroll for the spring 2017 semester after graduating from high school early. Before Rhule was hired, Pitre was the only player verbally committed for Baylor's recruiting class in February. He had 83 tackles, six interceptions and four forced fumbles as a senior.

Dorial Green-Beckham didn't support any charity with his cleats last Sunday.

In reality, he was funding the NFL.

The Eagles' receiver was fined $6,076 by the NFL for wearing Yeezy cleats (Kanye West's shoes), which had no affiliation to a charitable organization or cause, CSNPhilly.com has confirmed. Players around the NFL last weekend wore decorative spikes supporting a charity or cause they felt passionately about as part of the league's My Cleats, My Cause promotion. Green-Beckham was fined because his cleats were unapproved by the league; earlier this season Houston receiver DeAndre Hopkins was fined for wearing Yeezy cleats.